Cruz Alta

Rhys Vineyards

Alpine Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013

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Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish/ brick rim.

Complex on the nose, and medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate and soft.

Showing cherries, plums, currants, light oak, tobacco leaf, herbs, black pepper, chocolates, light vegetables, Indian spices, licorice and black tea.

Long finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a delicious 13 year old Pinot Noir from Santa Cruz Mountains in California. Drinking beautifully now, elegant and fruit forward. Nicely balanced and soft. Complex with a nice mouthfeel.

This Single Vineyard Pinot Noir, from the great 2013 vintage, is drinking at its peak now, and will continue to drink nicely in the next few years.

A good sipping wine that will pair nicely with food too. Loved the low alcohol level too.

12.8% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$80.
— 5 months ago

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Mount Eden Vineyards

Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Jeremy Shanker
9.5

Mount Eden always hits — 5 months ago

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Bodega Catena Zapata

Catena Alta Historic Rows Malbec

Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries- all the berries. Smooth and lovely — 5 months ago

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Podere Poggio Scalette

Il Carbonaione Alta Valle della Greve IGT Sangiovese 2021

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of dinner. The 2021 pours a deep garnet color with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of black cherry, espresso, black tea, dried herbs and gentle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. Drink now with patience but, to my palate, I think this will be better with a few more years in the cellar so the oak can better integrate. This is built to last well past 2041. — 6 months ago

Tom, Andrew and 10 others liked this

La Rioja Alta

Viña Arana Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2001

A very nice experience drinking this. Might have been a touch better 5-10 years ago around the 15-20 year mark (and was great around ‘08-‘12) but despite a disintegrated cork is still a very nice wine with a beef dish. Have one more of the ‘01 and will have to open it within the next year. — 5 months ago

Chris liked this

Ridge Vineyards

Estate Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2016

Last had 4 years ago and was excited to check in - this didn’t disappoint. That perfect ridge mix of old world sensibility and composition with new world fruit and character. 13.8%. Finish is long with nice acid. Great pairing with steaks. Nice wine.

Happy New Year!
— 6 months ago

Jay, Ira and 7 others liked this

Marqués de Murrieta

Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2012

Blend of Tempranillo with a little Mazuelo (Cariñena), each aged separately for 26 months (Temp-American / Mazuelo-French), pronounced bouquet of berry fruits with complex spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cherry and plum flavors, well balanced, with pepper, cinnamon and slight tobacco. Long finish, fine tannins ending with fruit and an earthy mineral character. Outstanding, will still age! — 5 months ago

Andrew, Ira and 13 others liked this

Rhys Vineyards

Swan Terrace Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir 2009

Nice, cool-climate California Pinot Noir. Good red and dark fruits on the palate. I served it a bit too cold, but as it warmed up, the earthiness that this wine is known for came through. I don’t love California Pinot, but Rhys almost always impresses me. — 5 months ago

Domaine Eden

Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Cherry red. Black currant, blueberry black cherry. Needle leaves tree. Clove nutmeg.
Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth. Bitterness M Body M++ Finish M+ % Elegant Balanced Concentrated Robust, ready to drink, aging potential. Domaine Eden Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 18 @2100, Fred - Laz, 260120-260121
— 5 months ago

La Rioja Alta

Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2011

Uff rioja , ole , ole y ole! — 5 months ago

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Rhys Vineyards

Horseshoe Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021

This was fine, better on day 2. Nice citrus undertones to a darker fruited pinot. Better in 5 more yrs — 5 months ago

Tom, Andrew and 2 others liked this

Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2014

Yes—exactly that kind of wine: timeless, composed, and quietly authoritative.

It smells so good on first pour. Damp pine forest floor and clean mountain air register immediately. Everything else unravels from there; but that initial pop-and-pour sniff is pure magic.

On the palate, blackcurrant, cedar, graphite, and dried herbs unfold with control, carried by freshness and finely etched tannins in a medium body.

So classic, so intellectual, and deeply mesmerizing. Drink now or age.
— 6 months ago

Ted, Sagee and 9 others liked this

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Blanco Malvasia Viura 2012

The wine is subtle and elegant. The tannins are velvety, and the acidity rounds out the finish. The taste buds provide more of an experience than the nose. Dried plum, leather, tobacco, perhaps a softening vanilla. A few more herbs (?) finish, but I'm betting on clove. — 5 months ago

Arnot-Roberts

Peter Martin Ray Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011

Some poopy bret blew off in 30 mins and revealed a sheer dress of leafy brown spice. Likely peaked at 15 years. — 5 months ago

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La Rioja Alta

Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha 2019

This full bodied reserva wine offers big aromas of cherry, black licorice and black pepper. It was tight upon opening but I let it breathe in the glass for an hour which allowed vanilla aromas to come through as well. It offers silky tannins that keep the structure and mellow out on the persistent finish. This wine has flavors of ripe cherry, black pepper and leather. This is a beautiful and complex wine that I think will be even better in a few years. — 5 months ago

Domaine Eden

Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir 2019

Ruby red. Tropical first. Raspberry plum.
Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M+ Tannin M Soft Bitterness M Body M Finish M+ % Elegant Balanced, ready to drink, Domaine Eden Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir 19 @1700, Fred - Laz, 260120-260121
— 5 months ago

Rhys Vineyards

Horseshoe Vineyard Syrah 2013

Very old world, savory. Beautiful — 5 months ago

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Celler Cecilio

Black Slate La Vilella Alta Vi de la Vila Priorat Garnacha Blend 2019

Dried berries, strawberry preserves, black pepper, espresso, bittersweet chocolate, and llicorella. Tastes of rose petal infused black tea, raspberry preserves, strawberry jam. — 5 months ago